Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!

[jacquelineve]

  Afew years ago when searching for canal boatmen

 found one who was born "in a tunnel"

                     Jacqueline.

[TaffyBlue]

In 1871 my Nobbs family was transcribed as being the Webb family.  Having looked at the census page it does look like Nobbs.  Can't see where the transcriber got Webb from. 

Maybe one too many sherberts the night before.

[Manchester Rambler]

There are 7 people on assorted censuses whose birthplace is given on the transcription as Macclesfield Dissenters Burial Ground (which mysteriously changes county at will) - nothing to do with what's on the image, and no idea where this one comes from! 

Rambler

[1000xlch]

I found one recently in 1881 census for Arthur Walmsley transcribed as Ausetter! 

Odd one or what 

another nice touch was 1851 census was Bubwith in North Yorks as Hesketh which does not exist as a village but a brick wall or dyke and Hesketh is over in Lancs by the sea not in Yorks!  Only took me 3 years to translate that one! 

John Rowley

[1000xlch]

"d y k e" as in brick wall   Not anything nasty or whatever.  Software doing its job!

John Rowley

[acceber]

Ive got a FITZ W Sparrow transcribed as 'TITY' W Sparrow 

[JanetteO]

One of my great great great grandmother's Keturah Skelton was put down with a different spelling about three times, but when they called her Frederick! I'm still trying to work out how they came to that conclusion.

My great grandfather and his family get lost nearly every census... I still can't find him in 1841! In 1851 he is down as Joseph Hopman... it should have read Joseph Oakman. One of his relatives in the same year was down as Cakman we've even had a Bakman.

Jan

[KathMc]

My great-great-grandfather Charles Schmieg appeared in Queens, NY census once as Schnnig and once as Schmuz. And his mom appeared once as Schmiech. Only to the determination of wonderful genealogists did I find him. Granted, not the greatest name, but just once it would have been nice to get it right.

Kathleen

[kerryb]

I had a certificate arrive today for my great great gradnfather born 1852.  His name was Gaius Diana and yes....... you've guessed it, he was registered as a girl!!!!

 

Kerry